Capacity Building Grants provide funds to nonprofits to assist with organizational and financial stability, improved governance, and growth — allowing them to carry out their missions more effectively.
Donor Name: Central Carolina Community Foundation
State: South Carolina
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/30/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This funding is designed to support an organization’s internal effectiveness and long-term stability, rather than funding a specific program or singular service. The grants will fund activities that will build and maintain organization-level infrastructure and governance.
Funding Information
Applicants may request up to $10,000.
Eligible Projects
Examples of eligible projects:
- Strategic planning
- CEO/executive succession planning
- Board development
- Strategic collaboration, mergers, or acquisitions
- Budget forecasting
- Crisis management
- Disaster planning
- Technology planning
- Governance, policies, and procedures
- Culture and Belonging efforts
- Branding and web redesign
- Evaluation and data organization efforts
- Benefits and compensation assessment and planning.
Eligibility Requirements
- Organizations must be determined a charitable organization in good standing under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, public entities or other charitable, educational or faith-based organizations.
- Organizations must have a physical location in one of the following 11 counties in the Midlands: Calhoun, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda, or Sumter. Organizations led by or primarily serving underrepresented populations, or those located outside Richland County, are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Organizations must have at least one full year of operation at the time of submitting the grant application.
For more information, visit Central Carolina Community Foundation.
